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Teacher Reflection | The Power of Place-Based Professional Learning
By: Helen Ommen. I'm comfortable teaching inquiry-based lessons, but I have always felt less secure letting students ask and pursue their own questions. That all changed after my place-based professional learning experience.
Developing Leadership Qualities in the Classroom Through SEL
By: Diana Clark. Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) can help students develop the life skills necessary for their future success and happiness. It can even help them develop leadership skills!
5 Reasons To Take Time Out of the Classroom
By: Sam Nelson. Since I plan and experience a wide range of excursions around the world with many different students, I am often asked how we justify taking valuable time out of the classroom. Here are five reasons I feel it's important to do so.
Innov8: Winter Break Engagement
These last few weeks of the year are a great time to learn something new, so dig in and get inspired by this week's top eight news stories around the latest innovations in education.
Is Student Learning Directly Impacted By Teacher PD?
By Julie Keane and Tania Tani. Numerous research studies have demonstrated the positive relationship between quality teaching and student learning, but showing evidence that professional development has a direct impact on student achievement is harder to do.
6 Strategies for Teaching Public Policy
Teaching students to understand public policy can be a challenge, but few topics have as great a power to affect the long-term health of a society. Here are six strategies to help educators teach policy and civic engagement.
How a Principal Inspired an Innovative Classroom Audio System
By: Dolores Gribouski. During my time as an elementary school principal, here is how my team and I collaborated with an audio technology company to create an innovative and needed classroom audio system for our school.
3 Strategies For Building a School Community Through Technology
By: Yvonne Blinde. We all know technology can enhance teaching and learning outcomes, but it can also help schools create beneficial and supportive relationships between teachers, administrators, parents and students.
Three Steps to Better Engage Higher Education Students
By: Jerry Dilettuso. Despite our best efforts, retention rates at postsecondary educational institutions haven’t markedly improved in more than eight years. Here are three steps for improving higher education student engagement.
Gen Z Students Need Schools That Match Their Dream Big Approach
By: Becky Wallerick. Generation Z is a motivated group used to daily technology use who need schools to meet their "Dream Big" approach to life. Here is how New Life Academy is helping these students tap into their dreams for success.